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Movies, music, sports, anime - entertainment comes in many forms.

The red of burning passion, the blue of the clear sky, energetic orange,

bewitching purple, sorrowful black - all of these can be found in WOWOW.

As long as there is expression in humanity, to deliver excitement to the whole world,

we aim to be a comprehensive entertainment and media group.

Entertainment has more than one color.

Evolved servicesNew value based onstrength in video

distribution to TV receivers

Evolved contentThe core of content production technology

Enhanced customer baseIncreased membershipby partnering withWOWOW pay TV

Evolved marketingThe frontline of sales and marketing

We will evolve into a place where outstanding entertainment is gathered, offering fresh surprises and emotion. Aiming for its own platform, WOWOW will manage the group in a new way.

■Maximizing WOWOW Group Synergy

WOWOW PRIME (ch. 191) + WOWOW LIVE (ch. 192) + WOWOW CINEMA (ch. 193) + WOWOW MEMBERS ON DEMAND + Monthly program guideMonthly subscription fee: 2,300 yen (excluding)

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As the ways people enjoy TV diversify, so do too the ways to enjoy WOWOW. Accessibility through various media is one of WOWOW's strengths.

■Delivering WOWOW appeal through a variety of media

All entertainment in every form

President

Akira Tanaka

WOWOW started broadcasting in 1991 as the first private satellite broadcasting station in Japan, and for the past quarter of a century has been a frontrunner in pay TV. With WOWOW PRIME, L IVE, CINEMA and WOWOW MEMBERS ON DEMAND, we are delivering Japanese and international entertainment gems on TV and other devices.

In the past few years, changes in lifestyle have diversified how people enjoy video content. We are responding to these changing customer needs by evolving our services. We will produce unique content that sets WOWOW apart from the compet i t ion . As a group of top producers, we will lead Japan's creativity and give birth to new expression. We will a lso work w i th creators ins ide and outside the country to offer to offer fresh surprises and emotion to Japan and the rest of the world.

By continuing to create value that only WOWOW Group can provide, we wi l l contribute to developing a rich society a n d c u l t u r e , a n d g r o w i n t o a comprehensive entertainment and media group that is trusted, loved and needed by society. I hope you will continue to expect much from us.

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A program distribution serviceavailable anytime, anywhere

A 24-hour movie channelwith 700 first broadcastsper year

A live channel delivering theemotion and excitement ofbeing in the moment

WOWOW's main channel forselect programming

3 f u l l h i - v i s i o n c h a n n e l s + O n D ema n dFlagship Programs

Select entertainment from the world and original programs that can only be seen on WOWOW - available on-demand. With quality entertainment, we make viewers’ days colorful.

Only the highest peaks of every type of enter tainment

Serial Drama W:COLD CASE 2. Serial Drama W:STOLEN FACE. HOW DO YOU PLAY?Original Drama

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The Good Doctor ©2017 Sony Pictures Television Inc. and Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Suits Season7 ©2017 Open 4 Business Productions, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.Castle Rock ©Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.Foreign Drama

Carousel Rondo ©Takarazuka Revue Company ©Takarazuka Creative Arts. SEVEN SOULS IN THE SKULL CASTLE ©2017 SEVEN SOULS IN THE SKULL CASTLE Moon / TBS・Village・Gekidan☆Shinkansen. Metroporitan Opera Mozart-Die Zauberflote(The Magic Flute) ©Marty Sohl / Metropolitan OperaHajimeteno Danshi×Korekarano Danshi 2019 Yokacyoro～Yamazakiya. BBC EARTH. ©BBC NHU

Discovering and nurturing excellent screenwriters aiming to go professional, and revealing new entertainment potential

WOWOW NewcomerScenario Grand Prize

Original documentary series that began broadcasting in 2009 as nonfiction entertainment to stimulate intellectual curiosity, their quality has been appreciated both in Japan and abroad and won numerous awards including International Emmy Awards and Japan Broadcast Culture Awards.

Nonf iction WWOWOW Original Documentaries

Grand Prix at 34th ATP Award TV Grand Prix

Akira and AkiraSerial Drama W

COLD CASE JAPANSerial Drama W

Banff World Media Festival Rockie Awards, Drama Series: Non-English Language

Finalist in Drama category at ABU PrizesSpecial Award at Tokyo Drama Awards 2017

Hokuto :The Conversion of a killerSerial Drama W

THE FLYING TIREGrand Prix for TV Drama in Program category at 2009 Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Awards, Grand Prix in Drama category at 26th ATP Award TV Grand Prix 2009, Excellence Award in Drama Series category at Tokyo Drama Awards 2009

Serial Drama W

Excellence Award for TV Drama in Program category at 2008 Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Awards, Grand Prix/Screenwriter Award/Director Award in Drama Series category at Tokyo Drama Awards 2008, April 2008 Monthly Award at Galaxy Awards

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Excellence Award in Drama Series category at Tokyo Drama Awards 2014, Best Supporting Actor Award (Kotaro Yoshida) in Actor category in Individual Awards (MOZU Season 1: "Mozu no Sakebu Yoru"), Special Award at Kitakyushu Film Commission (MOZU Season 1: "Mozu no Sakebu Yoru"), July 2014 Monthly Award at Galaxy Awards (MOZU Season 2: "Maboroshi no Tsubasa")

MOZUWOWOW × TBS co-production

Excellence Award in Drama Series category at Tokyo Drama Awards 2016, September 2016 Monthly Award at Galaxy Awards, Excellence Award for TV Drama in Program category at 2017 Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Awards

The UnbrokenSerial Drama W

Drama W was started in 2003 with a vision to create dramas that deliver true entertainment value and push the envelope in terms of quality. In April 2008, based on the concept of Drama W, Serial Drama W was started to deliver original content that viewers can watch continuously. Since then, high-quality original dramas have emerged one after another.

Drama WSerial Drama W

WOWOW's quality-first original productions offer unique expression that is highly acclaimed both in Japan and abroad. These are dramas, movies, documentaries and more. We will continue to produce entertainment of every color.

WOWOW Originals

Arts Programming category at 44th International Emmy Awards, Top Award for Educational TV Show in Programming category at 2016 Japan Broadcast Culture Awards

The Man Who Shot HiroshimaNonfiction W

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Grand Prize for Television at 9th Japan Commercial BroadcastersAssociation Awards, Honorable Mention in Documentary category at 30th ATP Award TV Grand Prix 2013

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Excellence Award for Educational Program in Programming category at 2018 Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Awards

Charles and His Island ofFantasy

Nonfiction W

Excellence Award in TV Documentary category at 73th Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival

The Three Generations of the Nomura Kyogen Family Mansaku, Mansai and Yuki : Divine Dance in Paris.

Nonfiction W

Figure SkaterEvgenia Medvedeva

Nonfiction W

Captivating documentary following the invincible queen of figure skating during the months leading up to the PyeongChang Olympics.

Musical, voice actors, and live performance of upcoming artist.

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Drama W "Kuinige Killer"

The WOWOW Scenario Grand Prize, which discovers excellent scenario works, contributes to developing motion picture culture by nurturing screenwriters, and was established to get their works onscreen, had its 10th year in 2016 and was reborn as the WOWOW Newcomer Scenario Grand Prize in 2017. By developing talent in this way, WOWOW is also working to raise the level of the entire motion picture industry and create even better entertainment.

collects data on customer behavior. My most memorable job so far was launching "The Prime Show" in 2011. It was a live-broadcast regular weekday show. As a free broadcast, its purpose was to introduce WOWOW to customers who had not ye t subscr ibed . Tha t t r ia l - and - er ror process to deve lop content that would reach as many people as possible now serves me in making ma rke t i ng p roposa l s . I t h i n k t ha t WOWOW still has plenty of room to grow. Analyzing customer needs makes even more interesting things possible. In the future WOWOW's business will shift from o n l y T V b ro ad c a s t i n g t o i n c l u d e proposing serv ices of a l l k inds . For someone interested in communicating with customers using new technologies and developing business through real channels, I think it is an environment that rewards trying new things.

WOWOW attracts customers who love entertainment from all over Japan, and I w a n t t o d e l i v e r t h e emo t i o n a n d excitement of the world to them through the TV screen. Since joining based on th is des ire , I have been engaged in marketing from various angles. In the Cus tomer Re la t ions Depar tment , I managed subscriber services; in the Programming Department I headed up spor ts and informat ional programs; currently, I devise email marketing and ad d is t r ibu t ion s t ra teg ies in the Data Market ing Depar tment using a DMP (da ta management p l a t fo rm) t ha t

Digital Marketing Department,Marketing Division

Yuki Konda

At WOWOW, all employees are producers.

d e v e l o p e d a v i d e o d i s t r i b u t i o n application called Live Multi Viewing with TBS TV. It delivers video and audio so close to real time that you can even use it inside the actual event venue without an echo. I t has been used for music festivals and sports events and even permanently installed in stadiums. For the future, we are considering combining it with new technologies such as 5G and augmented rea l i t y. WOWOW is the best-positioned company in terms of sca le and s tand ing . S ince a l l of us employees know each other 's faces, discussion with other departments is quick and easy. In terms of standing, we are not a flagship station, so we can work w i th any TV stat ion . We are a lso in c o n t a c t w i t h many c u t t i n g - e d g e technologies. We meet with developers from major manufacturers and engineers from overseas vendors, and participate in overseas technology exhibitions. The t r i c k t o c r e a t i n g n e w t h i n g s i s multiplication. We are always thinking about what to combine to produce something even more interesting. That's how I think about my job.

I joined WOWOW because I wanted to offer new services using new technology, and at WOWOW I could be involved in both new technology and entertainment. When I was made re spons ib l e fo r l a unch i ng WOWOW MEMBERS ON DEMAND in my fourth year, I was able to accomplish a wide range of tasks to create a completely new framework in a short period of time, which gave me a lot of confidence. In the Technical Planning Department, where I am currently, I am in charge of investigating new technologies and researching and developing video technologies for the future. Recently we

ICT Innovation Department,Information Communication Technology Division

Naoshi Jimbo

At WOWOW, I can be involved in both new technology and entertainment.

I AM, as its producer. I work in a wide range of activities, using my experience of living abroad to interview the athletes, b u i l d c o n n e c t i o n s w i t h a t h l e t i c organizations and affiliates around the world, and not only produce programs but take the WHO I AM series to the world. Through this series, I have had many new encounters and experiences t ha t have comp le te l y changed my worldview. I hope that through these programs, many people will encounter the Paralympics and experience a similar shift in worldview. At the very least, I w a n t p e o p l e t o l e a r n a b o u t t h e Pa ra l ymp ics , because i t i s a t r u l y captivating event. With this desire, I look forward to each day's new encounters as I work in documentary production.

I want to bring the world's entertainment to Japan. It was with this desire that I encounte red WOWOW, a company d e l i v e r i n g t h e wo r l d ' s v e r y b e s t entertainment. After joining WOWOW in 2013 , I worked on the d ig i ta l s ide , including WOWOW's website, WOWOW ONLINE, social media, marketing and more. I also headed up planning and operation of user communication tools. A f t e r t h a t I moved i n t o p ro g r am production. In 2015, I took charge of launching the International Paralympic C omm i t t e e ( I P C ) a n d WOWOW ' s co-production documentary series, WHO

Production Department, Production Division

Rie Izumi

I want the program to be an encounter that changes worldviews.

The entertainment and services that WOWOW offers to the world are produced by many employees working together. From the production department to the technical department to the management department, the employees in each department passionately discuss their thoughts, issues and hopes for current projects.

Excellent entertainment is not the work of one person.

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Best Director Award in Un Certain Regard section at 68th Cannes International Film Festival Best Supporting Actor Award (Tadanobu Asano) at 10th Asian Film Awards Excellence Award for Japanese Film at 70th Mainichi Film Awards Best Actress Award (Eri Fukatsu) at 89th Kinema Junpo Best Ten

Journey to the ShoreBest Actress Award (Erika Sawajiri) at 36th Japan Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress Award (Shinobu Terashima) at 36th Japan Academy Awards

Helter Skelter

WOWOW FILMS was launched in 2007 as a theatrical film label. It plans and produces movies with high entertainment value and sends them out to the world. Many of these works, full of WOWOW originality rather than following the pattern of previous hits, have won domestic and international awards, including at the Cannes International Film Festival, and are highly acclaimed.

WOWOW FILMS

A documentary series started in 2016 that depicts the world's top para-athletes, this joint project by WOWOW and the International Paralympic Committee will be broadcast over the five years until 2020. Aiming to contribute to the Paralympics movement and believing that these broadcasts are not the goal but only the start, we are actively working with a variety of stakeholders to use the series for education and many other uses.

WHO I AMParalympic Documentary Series

WOWOW Originals

WHO I AMIPC & WOWOW Paralympic Documentary Series

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WHO I AM Season1：Excellence Award for Youth Programming in Special Mention category of 2017 Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association AwardsWHO I AM Season2：・46th International Emmy Awards, documentary category nominee ・23th Asian Television Awards, documentary series category nominee ・Grand Prix of Sports category of ABU Prizes 2018(Beatrice Vio)　　　　　　　　　　 ・Excellence Award in special category at 2018 Japan Commercial Broadcasters Association Awards ・Grand Prix of the 49th Takayanagi Science and broadcasting Award(Taiki Morii) 　　　　　　　　　　 ・the Award from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the 60th Science and Technology Film Festival(Taiki Morii)

Change in number of WOWOW subscriptions

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FY2017 broadcasts by genre

Our No. 1 premium pay channels will continue to evolve.

Broadcast Track Record

（※）HDR: High Dynamic Range. This technology increases the dynamic range of luminosity of the image to show everything from the brightest to the darkest parts.

WOWOW set up a branch office in Los Angeles to strengthen relations with influential overseas media and major Hollywood studios. We are exploring the possibil ity of business development with major TV s t a t i ons a round t he wo r l d , such as p l ann i ng i n te r na t i ona l

co-productions, and expand our network every day.

LA Branch Office

Providing a service that reaches all customers is the mission of our No. 1 premium pay channels, so we have set up customer centers with state-of-the-art systems in Sapporo, Yokohama, Osaka and Okinawa. These centers collect and analyze client marketing data to achieve "one-to-one" service that understands customer feelings. The centers

communicate with viewers to find out not only what they want to watch, but why they want to watch it. By listening to viewer feedback such as "I don't know how to use MEMBERS ON DEMAND" or "I want to watch something like this," we will offer more precise support and follow-up and thus increase engagement.

Customer centers: The front line of customer service

Tatsumi Broadcast Center is constantly evolving, serving as a network center for the expanding 4K relay network and diversifying domestic and international video networks, a web distribution center for speedy WOWOW MEMBERS ON DEMAND distribution, an archive for valuable recordings and editing assets, etc. It has also introduced equipment for bilingual 5.1-channel surround sound and state-of-the-art speakers to

enhance live music performances and sports. Its live music broadcasts, produced mainly by our technical staff, are particularly trusted by artists, making viewers feel as if they were actually there through outstanding camera work, switching technology and recording technology. With pioneering efforts such as original drama production using 4K HDR*, we are constantly looking to the next generation.

Tatsumi Broadcast Center supports broadcasting with the latest technology

Advanced video and audio technology, customer support and negotiations with overseas licensors are also key responsibilities.

Technology, Support and Overseas Business

Headquarters: Shiroyama Trust Tower 26F, 4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6026

Business: Planning and organization of BS/CS digital broadcasting and broadcast programs, original program production and contract video production, DVD/Blu-ray planning, production and sales, hotel pay TV system planning, sales, operation and content supply

Japan's only enka and pop music TV channel, Kayo Pop broadcasts concerts by popular singers and original content such as informational variety shows with very special guests.

Cinefil is a dedicated channel for carefully selected movie and drama masterpieces. From theatrical hits to timeless classics, it broadcasts without commercial breaks. It delivers WOWOW's Serial Drama W as well as British dramas.

WOWOW PLUS operates Cinefil WOWOW and Kayo Pop Channel as its satellite broadcast business, publishes DVDs and Blu-rays under the Cinefil brand, distributes to theaters, licenses, distributes video content to hotels and much more.

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A c t v i l a C o r p o r a t i o n

Headquarters: Toda Building Aoyama 5F, 8-5-34 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052

Business: Portal service for digital TV, etc.

Actvila offers a service that allows the viewer to watch movies, dramas, etc. by connecting a compatible TV, Blu-ray recorder or cable TV set-top box to the internet. It also offers Japan's first open internet 4K video on demand service for TV. Dedicated equipment rental is not necessary for use. Because compatible devices can be operated with a single remote control, it can be enjoyed as a home appliance as well as on PC, smartphone and tablet.

Actvila maintains our IP video distribution portal and platform business (primarily TV). Next-generation TV services are developed with state-of-the-art video distribution technologies such as video on demand, 4K video distribution and combined broadcast/telecom service. Actvila aims to realize the TV of the future by fusing broadcasting and telecom and advancing broadcasting and video.

WOWOW E n t e r t a i nme n t , I n c .

Headquarters, Planning Management Department, Content Business Department: Akane Building 6F, 4-1-31 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052 Engineering Business Department: GLP Tatsumi II-B, 3-7-7 Tatsumi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0053

Business: Broadcast program production, program relaying, subtitling, video content procurement, imaging solutions (video solutions development and sales), planning/production/sales of CDs, DVDs and artist merchandise, music copyright management

WOWOW Entertainment procures programs, especially music, produces packaging, sells artist merchandise, manages copyrights and handles other content business, records music and sports, and produces video content using the latest technologies such as 4K and HDR. It also provides product development, sales, support and more for imaging solution products, which enable things like high-resolution real-time color conversion.

WOWOW C ommun i c a t i o n s I n c .

Headquarters: Yokohama i-Mark Place 3F, 4-4-5 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 220-8080

Business: Telemarketing services (call center operation, customer center development and other client management, call center quality consulting and training, membership and administrative services), digital marketing services (social media services, email marketing, website/app development), real services (e-commerce, travel [tour planning], event management support)

WOWOW Communications offers solutions for reaching and understanding our customers - everything from developing and operating contact centers and supporting digital marketing online, on social media and by email to planning and operating travel, e-commerce and events.

As we aim to become a comprehensive entertainment and media group, these are the companies that make up our group.

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Corporate Phi losophy

We contribute to human well-being and the creation of a richculture through entertainment services.

Encountering new worlds and values is the happiness of living itself.

Every new channel is an encounter with something unknown.

WOWOW is changing the TV from something that is on in the background to

something from which encounters are expected.

A single program could be the trigger for an encounter transcending genre - movie,

music, documentary...ever more enjoyable.

That enjoyment will spread through our three channels.

WOWOW is the media through which new worlds are encountered.

More and more people having these encounters will lead to society accepting diverse

values not bound by a single perspective.

Always a new encounter

Share Data (as of September 30, 2018)

Total number of shares issued: 28,844,400

Total number of shareholders: 9,960

Main Shareholders (as of September 30, 2018)

Fuji Media Holdings, Inc.

Tokyo Broadcasting Systems Holdings, Inc.

Nippon Television Network Corporation

The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.

(employee pension trust account held for Dentsu Inc.)

State Street Bank and Trust Company 505224

(Standing proxy: Settlement & Clearing Services

Department, Mizuho Bank)

NTT Communications Corporation

Consolidated Financial Highlights (FY2017)

Net sales: 81,574 million yen

Operating income: 9,875 million yen

Ordinary income: 10,698 million yen

Net income attributable to parent company: 7,360 million yen

Consolidated Balance Sheet (FY2017)

Total assets: 87,083 million yen

Total liabilities: 32,089 million yen

Net assets: 54,994 million yen

PresidentAkira TanakaVice PresidentNoriaki KuromizuSenior Managing DirectorIchiro YamazakiSenior Managing DirectorHajime HashimotoManaging DirectorNobutsune SakataManaging DirectorNobuyuki OtakaDirector and Senior AdviserNobuya WazakiBoard DirectorKazunobu IijimaBoard DirectorKimio MaruyamaBoard DirectorHiroshi KannoBoard DirectorYutaka IshikawaBoard DirectorMasao NakaoAudit & Supervisory Board MemberFumihiro YamanouchiStatutory AuditorTakashi KusamaStatutory AuditorTomohiro TohyamaStatutory AuditorMasayuki Umeda

Directors And Auditors

WOWOW Inc.

www.wowow.co.jp/english

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broadcasting as defined by the

Broadcasting Act

Digital TV broadcasting:

BS Digital channels 191, 192, 193

Data broadcasting:

BS Digital channels 791, 792

December 25, 1984

Analog: April 1, 1991

(Ended on July 24, 2011)

Digital: December 1, 2000

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Akasaka Park Building 21F, 5-2-20

Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo

TEL: +81-3-4330-8111

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First private satellite broadcasting company, Japan Satellite Broadcasting (now WOWOW), established"WOWOW" chosen as channel nicknameViewer service center opened in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, Broadcast Center completed in Koto Ward,Tokyo, Service broadcasting started (12-hour free broadcast)Station opened. Commercial broadcasting started (24-hour paid broadcast), high-definition test broadcast started, entrusted with transmission of five flagship stations in TokyoNumber of net cumulative subscription contracts exceeds one million households (in world's shortest period for pay TV) Number of net cumulative subscription contracts exceeds two million householdsYokohama Customer Center opened, number of net cumulative subscription contracts exceeds 2.5 million householdsName changed to WOWOW Inc., BS digital broadcast startedShares listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market"Drama W" broadcast started with first series, "Sensei no Kaban"First dividends paid out since foundingSKY PerfecTV！starts broadcasting (ch. 621-623), IPTV service Hikari TV starts broadcastingMarket listing switched from Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers to First Section, BS analog broadcast endedFree program distribution service "WOWOW MEMBERS ON DEMAND” started exclusively for subscribersFirst 4K production "Drama W: Chicken Race" broadcastWOWOW × TBS co-production, serial drama "MOZU" broadcast 4 wheelchair tennis Grand Slams broadcast, first 4K HDR production "Serial Drama W: Umi ni Furu" broadcastClosed-caption subtitle broadcasting startedIPC & WOWOW Paralympics documentary series "WHO I AM" broadcast startedAcquired shares of Actvila Corporation and IMAGICA TV Corp. and made them subsidiariesIP simulcast transmission started

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